Just what is a standard overhead join?
This is getting to me, I turn up at an airfield, request an overhead join, am given it, fly what I believe to be the correct OHJ, and get a ticking off after I land. To take a few places:-
Old Sarum - 1500 ft, descend deadside, continue round to downwind. Verboten in the week cos it upsets BDN.
Chilbolton, From the North, 950ft, descend through the overhead and turn onto downwind.
Popham, 1500ft, descend wherever safe into the circuit.
White Waltham, 1300ft, ditto.
Shoreham, 2000ft, do not descend deadside, only downwind.
I like using an OHJ, especially when visiting a strange airfield because it gives me a good look at it. But what exactly is this mythical "standard overhead join", is it written down somewhere, or is it whatever the local management think it is (but don't actually publish in Pooleys)?
I think we should be told....
G